Quote by John Burroughs
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast t

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs

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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs

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Science
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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. – John Burroughs

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A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality. – Yoko Ono

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Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. – Samuel Johnson

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alone

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority. – Peter Fenn

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The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition. – Gary Lineker

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A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race. – Joseph Smith, Jr.

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With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. – Norman Mailer

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